Welcome to the Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium

Lyman Spitzer Jr. Planetarium

Immerse Yourself

The only public planetarium in Vermont invites you to take a tour of the cosmos, get transported by extreme weather, or travel through time to the age of the dinosaurs. Choose from a selection of films and in-person presentations during your visit. Or reserve the planetarium for a private show!

Today’s Programs

Membership

Adventure begins here.

What’s Happening at the Museum?

EarthWalk-Fairbanks
Summer Day Camps

Outdoor programs for kids and teens at Matsinger Forest in Danville, VT!

April 22 – 28
Zach Umperovitch

Zach’s back! He’s building a new Rube Goldberg contraption in our gallery all week.

May 17
William Eddy Lecture Series presents: Rosemary Mosco

Award-winning creator of the beloved cartoon ‘Bird and Moon” comes to StJ.

Eye on the Sky the Vermont Weather Source Logo

Current Weather Information for April 29, 2024

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Tonight

Variable clouds. Scattered evening showers & t-storms. 
U30s to U40s.

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Monday

Partly cloudy.  Isolated showers. 
U50s-M60s N.  L60s-70 S. 

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Monday Night

Increasing clouds. 
40-50. 

Mix of sun and clouds.

Tuesday

Good chance for showers. 
M50s to M60s. 

Eye on the Night Sky

Monday, April 29, 2024

Today:
The northwestern skies in the evenings are home to Capella, the Goat Star. In mythology this is the nurse goat for the great Jupiter, and was rewarded with a place in the heavens. It shines brightly, one third of the way up from the horizon in the west-northwest at 9:15 PM, well to the right of the Twin Stars in Gemini.